Audi News
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When Audi released the RS4 back in 2005, few expected it to be a true competitor to BMW’s benchmark M3 but with the benefit of quattro all-wheel drive, a high-revving V-8, and better weight distribution, the performance sedan managed to upset many, if not, all of its rivals. A replacement for the RS4 is still several years away as RS variants are usually only released in the final couple of years of a standard model’s product cycle, but to fill the gap a brand new RS5 model is due. The 2011 Audi RS5 made its world debut last month at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and come complete with an...
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SAT Prep: Mark Wahlberg Is To The MINI Cooper As Justin Timberlake Is To The...?Justin Timberlake has led a charmed life. He started his career on The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he sang, danced, and generally acted a foo' alongside poptartlets like Brit-Brit and Xtina. Then came 'N SYNC and enough earnings to buy the state of Idaho, including its stock of potatoes. That was...
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Video: Justin Timberlake Stars In New 2011 Audi A1 PromoWhen he’s not touring the world or producing new albums, singer Justin Timberlake is out flogging Audis, so to speak. Timberlake is in fact the brand ambassador for Audi and his first major task under the new role is to help promote the A1 premium compact. The singer will play the leading role in...
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2011 Audi A8 L PreviewThe 2011 Audi A8 L flagship model gets a W-12 engine and quattro all-wheel drive.
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Zac Efron Gets A Moving Violation (About Three HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALs Too Late)Twelve things we know for sure: 1) Zac Efron's million-dollar, teen-idol tuches has found a new resting place in an Audi A6, as we see in the photo linked below. 2) Given Zac's previous appearance in an Audi A5, we're not sure this is an upgrade. 3) In fact, it seems a little weird. 4) Zac seems to...
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Video: Stanford's Driverless Audi TTS Preps For Record Speed RunStanford's Shelley autonomous car can tackle high-speed driving and various terrain without a human driver.
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For the first time in history, Audi has surpassed Mercedes-Benz in sales. The Ingolstadt-based automaker managed to move 264,100 units for the first three months of the year, versus 248,500 units sold by Mercedes-Benz. The strong sales result was a new record for Audi, which experienced sales 25.9 percent higher in the quarter compared with the same period a year ago. While Mercedes-Benz may continue to dominate here in the U.S., Audi has a strong lead in the Chinese market where the automaker sold 51,449 units for the first three months of the year, which was more than double the tally of...
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Rendered: 2012 Audi A6Though the new Audi A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF...
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2011 Audi A3 PreviewThe 2011 Audi A3 and S3 models were unveiled for Europe by Audi today.
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2011 Audi Q7 PreviewThe Audi Q7 is approaching the end of its life-cycle and to see it to the final end the big SUV is being updated one last time. Coming in for the 2011 model year, Audi has made the Q7 even more powerful and efficient, with a choice of three new V-6 engines (overseas) and an eight-speed automatic...
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2011 Audi TT PreviewIt’s hard to believe that the current generation of the Audi TT Coupe and Roadster has been on sale since 2006, and during that time we’ve seen several different variants launched, here and overseas, including diesel and high-performance RS models. Four years after the initial launch, the...
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2011 Audi TT And TTS PreviewThe 2011 Audi TT gets an upgraded 2.0-liter TFSI engine and some new appearance options.
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The limousine version of the 2011 Audi A8 is expected to make its debut later this month.
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Audi Unveils R15 TDI Race Car LiveryThe new face of Audi's latest diesel racer demonstrates what Audi calls
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Everybody Hates Chris (But They Love His Audi R8)When we think "Chris Rock", we don't immediately think, "Audi R8". Not that we dispute the fact that it's him behind the wheel of Audi's hottest ride, cruising the streets of Santa Monica and perhaps trying to dream up a new sitcom to take the place of the brutally murdered Everybody Hates Chris...
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ABT Tuned Audi R8 GT R And R8 Spyder Cruise InThe formula for supercar success is surprisingly simple: mid-engine, rear or all-wheel drive, 500-plus horsepower and look-at-me styling--so the latest creation from Audi tuning specialists ABT Sportsline is almost guaranteed to be a hit from the get-go. The tuners at ABT have been very busy in...
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Audi Planning Range Of New HybridsAudi is hopping onto the electrified vehicle bandwagon with the announcement of plans for a new range of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric luxury vehicles and sports cars. Following the lead of parent company Volkswagen, Audi is striving to become the leader for alternative-powered vehicles...
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V-8 Spyder, LMS-Inspired Sportier Model And Dual-Clutch Coming To Audi R8 LineupAudi currently sells three different versions of its R8 supercar, the original 4.2-liter V-8 model and the newer 5.2-liter V-10 model, which is available in either hard-top coupe or Spyder convertible bodystyles. However, the R8 model family is set to expand with several new additions, the first of...
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With the Academy Awards less than 24 hours behind us, there's a lot we could talk about today --- which stars showed up in which cars, which movies about cars did well, which documentary about GM got shafted. But no. Today, there's a different ringing in our ears, and it's not the the Oscar buzz, but a massive, earth-shattering hangover. (Hey, we can't help the fact that we turn awards ceremonies into drinking drinking games any more than we can help the fact that we drink cheap beer.) And so, with our brains throbbing and our stomachs in knots, we can't provide our usual complement of witty...
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2010 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Race Car Unveiled, Already Sold OutThe 2010 Audi R8 LMS GT3 car gets a number of improvements.
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2011 Audi A1 With S-Line Sports Package DebutsThe new 2011 Audi A1 has only just made its world debut but already we have details for the sporty S-Line package that will go with it. Designed and manufactured by Audi’s quattro GmbH division, the S-Line pack helps to improve the A1’s handling thanks to the addition of a stiffened...
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Kellan Lutz Pumps An Audi A5, Or, When Will Twilight Fade To Black?Remember when we spotted Kellan Lutz scooting around town in an Infiniti G35? Remember how impressed we were that he hadn't fallen in with the G-Wagen crowd, or the Bentley crowd, or the SLK crowd? Well, we have some bad news: he's fallen in with the Audi crowd, which is, as everyone knows, the new...
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Video: 2011 Audi RS5 On The RoadThe sights and sounds of the 2011 Audi RS5 are what you'd expect of a supercoupe.
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Audi Customers Given Opportunity To Race R8 LMSAudi is offering its customers a unique experience that will enable them to drive an actual R8-based race car in a competitive event with the support of a fully-fledged Le Mans-winning team behind them. The new Audi “Race Experience” package allows customers with sporting ambitions to...
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